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Two discoveries I made today (plus two bonus discoveries)

Jodi Chromey — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 01:21:57 +0000

First, this afternoon I discovered I cannot write about music without headphones. It’s probably a procrastinatory crutch, but I tried and failed miserably. Something about wearing headphones makes the music more immediate, easier to talk about. Why didn’t I just put on some headphones? Because I can’t find mine. I can find two pairs of ear buds which I refuse to wear for more than 49 seconds (I must have small earholes) and a pair of those that clip behind your ears which are uncomfortable when you wear glasses. Oh? Have I not mentioned that when it comes to cans, I’m super picky? I am. I’ve spent the better part of the past three days researching the crap out of headphones. If I were the type of person that could blow $600 on a pair of headphones, I’d have the perfect ones. However not only am I not that type of person, I also don’t have $600 to blow. I’m a writer, I’m lucky I have $6 to blow.

The second discovery: I had a phone meeting with a new client today. It was awesome and I discovered (or really re-discovered) that I know some stuff that is valuable to other people. Spending so much time on the Internet makes me forget that. The Internet has the uncanny ability to make you feel alternately like the smartest person on Earth or the dumbest, depending on what site you’ve visited last.

Bonus discovery #1: I’ve kicked the Real Housewives habit. Yes, it was a dirty little addiction. Up until I cut the cable, I never met a Real Housewife I didn’t like. I watched them all. But now without a Bravo hookup, the idea of actually paying to watch the Real Housewives of Somewhere Else seems ridiculous. For a few months, I thought I’d keep up by reading the hilarious Gawker recaps. But you know what? I don’t even care anymore. Quitting cold turkey was the way to go.

Bonus discovery #2: I forgot.

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A few things I need to get off my chest: Not a rant

Jodi Chromey — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:23:30 +0000

I spend all my time lately thinking about The Family Fang, wishing I was reading The Family Fang, or reading The Family Fang. In the spare minutes I don’t spend in Fangland, I’m thinking about Ready Player One. It’s fall and the good books have arrived.
So I bought a new shirt. It’s a shirt made specifically for tall men. I buy most of my clothes specifically for tall men because in the world of clothing tall women range from 5’6″ to 5’10”. I know. This shirt is the longest shirt I think I have ever owned in my entire life. I’m 6’5″ and most of it is torso. I got wiener legs, a torso as long as the Great Plains, and Go-Go Gadget arms. This shirt is so long that, if I had the thighs for it, I could go sans-pants and not worry about revealing anything I wouldn’t want to be revealing.
Once again I was shunned by the MacArthur Genius grant people. This is about the 17th year in a row. As I usually do this time of year, I emailed Trip Shakespeare and blamed him. I pointed out that he obviously neglected to mention the fact that I learned to make cheesecake in his nomination forms.
I was gonna talk a lot about my hair and how it’s becoming increasingly gray and that I’m almost forty. FORTY! But I’ve run out of attention span because I’m exhausted. I couldn’t sleep last night and when I did I was plagued by anxiety dreams about oversleeping and being late.

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Sunday night ramblies

Jodi Chromey — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:14:48 +0000

Whenever I have the kind of weekend that I’ve just had I sit in my La-Z-Grrl on Sunday night, sigh, and think, “and the tree was happy.” I don’t particularly like The Giving Tree because it’s sexist, but I do so love the line.

I often think of myself as a tree. Which always seems to remind me of my college roommate F.R. Chicken and how we use to drive in her Honda Accord named Trudie to the outskirts of Eau Claire and look at “her tree.”

Anyway, I was going to brag about how I haven’t spoken to a single person since leaving work on Friday, but then I remembered my mom ruined that by calling me yesterday to tell me my Great Uncle Bob had died (he was my Grammu’s brother-in-law).

Still, it’s been a pretty nice and relaxing weekend, even with the bad dreams. My subconscious must be working through some shit because I keep having dreams about being incredibly angry and frustrated, or incredibly frustrated and lonely. I’m letting it work it out on its own. I don’t feel like dealing with it.

So I got to lay around and read, work on a short story, write some reviews, eat a pork chop, and watch Whore Bus. Is there anything else you could ask for from a weekend? No, no there is not. Well maybe two episodes of Whore Bus, but I don’t want to get greedy.

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I can feel it brewing

Jodi Chromey — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 03:35:43 +0000

I think I must be on the verge of some sort of personal, emotional, or creative break through. I can tell something’s coming I just am not sure what it is. How do I know? I’m not sleeping all that often, and my brain needs a lot of mindless distraction. I’ve been spending hours doing mindless tasks to give my subconscious whatever it needs.

I hope it’s something good.

Sounds kind of crackpotty, I know. It’s fitting because at dinner tonight Sister #2 announced that Jaycie, Stink, Sister #3, and I were all crackpots for believing in ghosts and psychic visions. I told her she had no soul.

In other news, there is no other news. I had a few margaritas at Sister #3’s birthday dinner and now I wish it was my birthday because I could really go for some June right about now. It’s snowing again in Minnesota.

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